Combination fence tool



y 1938. .c. A. HADLAND COMBINATION FENCE TOOL 2 Sheets-Sheei 1 EiledJuly 19, 1937 July 19, 1933. cg. A. HADLAND COMBINATION FENCE TOOL FiledJuly 19, 1937 ZSheets-Shget 2 Patented July 19', 1938 UNITED STATESPATENT; ;OFFICE 2,124,416 v v COMBINA'HON FENCE root 1 7 Carl A.Hadland, Plainview, Application July 19, 1937, Serial No. 154 ,378 v e'-3c1ai s. c1.14o 1z3.5

This invention relates to a combi'nation fence tool, more particularly asubstantially ,S-shaped metal bar adaptable for numerous uses includinguses as a crow-bar, a wrecking bar, a claw bar 5 and nail puller, a wirestretcher and tightener and wire splicer. v

V Importantobjects of my invention are the provision of a combinationmetal tool of substantially S shape, having at one end a rounded,beveled l bifurcated .claw usable as a nail puller or as a crow-bar;having an intermediate integral rightangled portion with a tonguethereon, and having a turned-back opposite end terminating in a pick orpoint.

15 A further object of my invention is the provision of a combinationtool in substantially the form of an S-shaped crow-bar having a straightintermediate portion and right-angled end sections integral with saidintermediate portion,

20 the extreme ends being formed as a pointed bit and bifurcated clawrespectively.

A further object of my invention is the provision of the aforesaidcombination tool having a spaced apart tongue secured on and parallel to25 its shank or intermediate portion providing means for gripping andstretching a barbed wire,

and also having a hole through said intermediate portion adapted toreceive splicing wire or the like and whereby said tool is rotated as acrank 30 to draw two or more wires together.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my combination tool in the initialposition for splicing and drawing 45 together two spaced apart wires.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same after several rotations of thetool from the position of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view of spliced wire sections after the 50 completion of theoperations shown in Figs. 3

and 4.

Reference numeral I 0 designates the intermediate straight portion ofthe metal bar, with right-angled integral sections IIla and IIJb ex- 55tending perpendicularly from the opposite ends to position and drivestaples to hold the'wire on thereof. As indicated in the drawings,portion or bar section Illb terminates in a bifurcated claw II which ispreferably formed by flattening and widening said end by forging or thelike and thence bending the same slightly to form acurved 5" surface Ila. Said claw orbifurcated end is usable as a nail puller, for ripping,prying and like uses. The opposite end of bar section Illa terminates ina perpendicularly extending pick, pike. point,

bit or hook I'2 which is turnedback to a position substantially parallelwith intermediate section II], and'which'point has many well known usessuch as ripping, prying, etc., including especially the pulling ofstaples. All the portions or sections II), I80, I81), II and I2 liesubstantially in the right-angled bend forming the juncture of sectionsI8 and Illa.

As clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the bar tool is in a horizontalplane and against a post I5, a. barbed wire I6 being engaged byprojecting end I4 of tongue I3, and the section Illa being bracedagainst the post I5. When it is desired to engage a barbed wire, thetool is moved to insert the barbed wire behind tongue end I4, and thencebracing the tool against the post and thereby stretching the wire to thedesired degree, whereupon the user may brace his body against the bartool wherein the bent end IIlb rests against the hip and the user thencehas both hands free the post.

An important feature of my invention is the wire splicing means whichcomprises the aforedescribed bar tool having an aperture I! extendingthrough section or portion Illa thereof as shown in the drawings.

When it is desired to repair and splice two ends of a barbed wire, whichare usually separated apart when broken by the tension thereof, a shortpiece of smooth wire I8 is doubled and loop I8a formed through loop I9aof wire I9 as shown in Fig. 3, and both the free ends I 81) and I8c ofwire I8 are passed through loop 28a of wire 28 which is formed on theother wire to be joined. Thence one of the free ends of splicing wire I8is inserted through aperture I! of bar tool I8 and said bar tool rotatedas a crank to define a substantially vertical plane. This will cause thesplicing wire [8 to be drawn through loop 20a to draw the loop 20a andl9a closer together, one end of splicing wire being wound about the barsection Illa as shown in Fig. 4. When the two wires have been drawntogether to the desired degree the free end I8?) is bent back andtwisted about the loops I8a. and l9a and thereupon the tool will berotated in reverse direction to unwind the coiled portion of splicingwire IS; the tool then is removedby withdrawing said wire from aperturel1. Then the end I80 is bent back and wound and twisted about thesplicing wire l8, about the loop 20a if desired or about loop [811 andl9a to securely hold the respective wires in tight and spliced position,such as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention hereinspecifically described without departing from or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention or any features thereof, and nothing hereinshall be construed as limitations upon the invention, its concept orstructural embodiment as to the whole or any part thereof except asdefined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: v

I 1. In a combination tool, a substantially S- shaped bar having oneendcurved and bent angularly and providing handle gripping means, andhaving its opposite end bent to form an angular hook, an offset tongueon the side of said bar forming a deep longitudinally extending recesstherewith adapted to engage a barbed wire or the like, the intermediateportion of the bar having an aperture therethrough adapted to receive asplicing wire and permitting rotation of such wire to draw separatedwire ends together.

2. A combination tool of substantially S-shape, comprising integral endsections extending in substantially opposite directions connected by anintegral intermediate shank portion, one of said end sections having atransverse aperture therein, an angularly extending integral hook on theend of one of said end sections, said aperture being adapted to receivea splicing wire for connecting together a pair of spaced apart wires orthe end of awire being stretched, and a gripping tongue on said shankportion adapted to engage a barb wire or the like when stretching thesame.

3. A combination tool of substantially S-shape,

comprising integral end sections extending in substantially oppositedirections connected by an integral intermediate shank portion, and anoffset hook-like tongue secured longitudinally of and on the side ofsaid intermediate shank portion and forming awire-gripping membertherewith, one of said sections providing a gripping member for rotatingsaid tool and adapted, when rotated, to wind a wire gripped by saidhook-like tongue to draw same to means on which said tool is supported.

CARL A. HADLAND.

